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"POPULAR NUTRITION. PUBLIC NUTRITION"
"Popular Nutrition. Public Nutrition."
5
Berlin 1916.
(Proceedings of the Central Society for
the Welfare
of Working People.
October 28,
1915).
p. 27
(from the "report" of Professor Riepner):

The following data on the distribution among individual classes in England are cited:

| | in relation to total population % | consumption of meat fund % | My calculation: per 100 percentage shares of population — % of meat shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural and unskilled workers | 23 | 16.5 | 71.7 |
| Skilled workers | 50 | 44.8 | 89.6 |
| Lower middle strata | 15 | 15.3 | 102.0 |
| Middle strata | 7 | 10.5 | 150.0 |
| Upper strata | 5 | 12.0 | 258.0 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | |

Classes and distribution of meat in England

"AVANTI!"
Speech by Turati in the Chamber of Deputies

in Avanti! 18. XII. 1916 (No. 345).
(see p. 14 re: Speech of Turati (17. XII. 1916)
Critica Sociale)

Among other things:
..."Suppose that a discussion such as that which Germany proposes to you is able to resolve easily only certain questions in their broad outlines, such as the evacuation from Belgium, from France, the restoration of Romania, of Serbia, and, if you like, of Montenegro; and I add to you a correction of the Italian border for that which is unquestionably Italian and corresponds to strategic guarantees."

Voices from various parts of the Chamber: Excellent! So you too want all this! Long live Turati! Long live Turati! (Applause from various benches).

Turati. Gentlemen, let us not play at small cunning. One thing is to acknowledge the opportuneness and the right of national units, which we have always advocated, and another is to invoke or justify war for this purpose. (Applause from the socialists. Noise from other benches)

14
see p. 6*
(Address: 16 Via S. Damiano, 16.
Milano).

In "Critica Sociale" (Year XXVII),
1917 No. 1 (1—15. I.) we find "Discorso di Filippo Turati (17. XII. 1916) — "from the stenographic record":

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